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Kimberly Sands

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Kimberly Sands is a graduate with honors from the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University School of Law. She has been a civil trial attorney since 1983 and a full time mediator since 2001. She is a former partner with the law firm of Sands, White & Sands, P.A., specializing in civil litigation, personal injury, medical negligence, products liability and insurance law. In 2001, she joined the mediation firm of Upchurch Watson White & Max and is currently a partner with the firm. She is available for mediation throughout Central Florida and other nearby areas, including Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, and Maitland/Orlando, the greater Tampa, Ocala, and Titusville/Melbourne areas, and, at the request of the parties, any other location throughout the state or elsewhere.

Since 2001, she has mediated a broad range of civil disputes, including but not limited to Commercial, Construction, Employment, Government, Dissolution of Businesses and Professional Associations, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical and other Professional Negligence, Trusts and Estates, Real Property, Disputes involving Homeowner/Condominium Associations, Insurance Coverage Disputes, Bad Faith and Appellate Mediation. Please call for specific experience and qualifications.

Ms. Sands is a frequent lecturer and consultant on issues relevant to mediation, arbitration and civil litigation. Topics include: Effective Advocacy in Mediation, Negotiation Strategy; Mediating First and Third Party Insurance and Bad Faith Claims; Mediating Construction Disputes; Mediating Complex, Multi-Party Issues; and Ethics in Mediation.

Professional Education and Qualifications

B.A. University of Pennsylvania, cum laude (1980), with a study focus in sociology and psychology
J.D. Rutgers University School of Law (1983)
Certified Florida Supreme Court Civil Circuit Court Mediator (since 2001)
Certified Florida Supreme Court Mediator, Appellate Mediator
Certified U.S. District Court Mediator – Middle District of Florida
Approved Appellate Mediator by the Fifth District Court of Appeal, State of Florida